A learned and very useful commentary on the whole epistle to the Hebrews wherein every word and particle in the original is explained ... : being the substance of thirty years Wednesdayes lectures at Black-fryers, London / by that holy and learned divine Wiliam Gouge ... : before which is prefixed a narrative of his life and death : whereunto is added two alphabeticall tables ...
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A learned and very useful commentary on the whole epistle to the Hebrews wherein every word and particle in the original is explained ... : being the substance of thirty years Wednesdayes lectures at Black-fryers, London / by that holy and learned divine Wiliam Gouge ... : before which is prefixed a narrative of his life and death : whereunto is added two alphabeticall tables ...
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Gouge, William, 1578-1653.
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London :: Printed by A.M., T.W. and S.G. for Joshua Kirton,
1655.
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Bible. -- N.T. -- Hebrews -- Commentaries.
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"A learned and very useful commentary on the whole epistle to the Hebrews wherein every word and particle in the original is explained ... : being the substance of thirty years Wednesdayes lectures at Black-fryers, London / by that holy and learned divine Wiliam Gouge ... : before which is prefixed a narrative of his life and death : whereunto is added two alphabeticall tables ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A41670.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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§. 9. Of the worlds perverse esteem of Holiness.
THe corrupt and perverse judgement of the men of this world is hereby also manifested, in that they do meanly esteem so excellent a thing as holiness is. They esteem nothing less worth, nothing more base, nothing more vile. Herein they shew themselves like swine which trample precious Pearls under their feet, Matth. 7. 6 The Apostle speaking of himself, and other holy brethren, thus se•…•…s out the worlds account of them, We are made aa 1.1spectacle unto the world, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉
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Angels, and to men. We are made as the filth of the world, and are the off•…•…couring of all things to this day, 1 Cor. 4. 9, 13. We need not search after former ages of old 〈◊〉〈◊〉 for proof hereof; the very times wherein we live give too evident demon∣stration hereof. This may seem strange that so precious a thing as holiness should be so vilified. But if we well weigh the persons that so basely esteem it, we cannot think it strange: In their disposition they are as hogs and dogs. Christ therefore would not have that which is holy given to them. That grave, just, severe cen∣sure which the Lord giveth of them (Mat. 7. 6.) is enough against this corrupt opi∣nion of the world.
Notes
a 1.1
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉spe∣ctaculum, a ga∣zing stock.